16 
Colorado Experiment Station. 
Table No. 16 records the man and horse labor costs for irri¬ 
gating alfalfa. 
TABLE No. 16. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR IRRIGATING ALFALFA. 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
HOURS PER TON 
Year 
Acres 
Yield 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
in Tons 
Man 
Horse 
1910 
73.5 
267.5 
3.64 
4 
.05 
1.99 
1.83 
.03 
1911 
113.13 
717 
6.34 
2.92 
2.17 
1912 
185.64 
829 
4.47 
3.12 
1.43 
1913 
152.8 
600 
3.92 
3.30 
1.82 
Totals . . 
387.55 
2,172.75 
4 
Av. 4 yrs.| 
4.62| 
1.14 
Table No. 17 gives the total man and horse hours for harvest¬ 
ing. It was not attempted, in keeping the record of the harvesting 
cost, to separate the different items of harvesting, such as mowing, 
raking, cocking, stacking, etc. All of these items have been lumped 
together under the broad heading of harvesting. 
TABLE No. 17. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR HARVESTING ALFALFA. 
MAN HOURS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
HOURS PER TON 
Year 
Acres 
Yield 
in Tons 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1910 
86.89 
1,513.5 
17.42 
1,658 
12.18 
1.99 
8.75 
6.12 
1911 
121.88 
2,434.5 
19.97 
2,235 
18.34 
2.92 
6.83 
6.28 
1912 
157.80 
3,452 
21.87 
2,661.5 
16.87 
3.12 
6.91 
5.41 
1913 
157.89 
2,959 
18.74 
2,906 
18.40 
3.30 
5.68 
5.58 
Totals 
524.46 10,359 
1 
9,460.5 
1 1 
Av. 4 yrs. 
19.75 
18.04 
6.72 
6.13 
Table No. 18 summarizes these costs and indicates the cost in 
man and horse labor for the production of alfalfa, giving the values 
'in total per acre and per ton of hay produced. In years of heavy 
TABLE No. 18. 
MAN AND HORSE LABOR COST FOR RAISING ALFALFA. 
Year 
| Acres 
1 
MAN 1 
10URS 
HORSE 
HOURS 
Average 
Yield 
in Tons 
HOURS PER TON 
Total 
Per Acre 
Total 
Per Acre 
Man 
Horse 
1910 
1 
95.09 
1,885.5 
19.82 
1,779 
18.71 
1.99 
9.96 
9.40 
1911 
| 113.13 
3,222.5 
28.49 
2,503 
21.72 
2.92 
9.76 
7.44 
1912 
141.8 
4,664 
32.89 
3,958 
27.91 
3.12 
10.54 
8.95 
1913 
| 150.28 
3,756 
24.99 
3,742 
24.90 
3.30 
7.57 
7.55 
Totals 
500.30(13,528.00 
11,982.00 
1 1 
Av. 4 yrs. | 
27.03 
23.95 
9.28 
8.21 
